March 17, 2010 - The number of "weakest link" companies has declined substantially from the record highs reached roughly a year ago, according to a report from Standard & Poors. There were 203 such companies as of March 10, down from 298 one year ago.
March 17, 2010 - Brazos Private Equity Partners joined a small but growing group of PE investors that have made U.S. retail security investments.
March 17, 2010 - Moelis & Co. added to its new Australian office by hiring two managing directors. The firm's team down under originally consisted of only corporate finance professionals, but the two appointments bring expertise in equity capital markets and equities research, sales and trading.
March 15, 2010 - Lead-acid battery technology developer Firefly Energy Inc. will soon file for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. The Peoria, Ill.-based company was founded in May 2003 as a spin-off of Caterpillar.
March 11, 2010 - Cerberus Capital Management will back GeoEye Inc., providing up to $100 million in debt and buying stock. Private equity began making consolidation plays in the government services space late last year.
March 10, 2010 - London-based interdealer broker Tullett Prebon confirmed Wednesday that it is in talks about a possible sale of the firm.
March 10, 2010 - Greentech Capital Advisors has nabbed Deutsche Bank private placement veteran Heather Smith to spearhead its efforts in the market.
March 10, 2010 - Houlihan Lokey hired Robert Hyer Jr. as a managing director in charge of its new financial technology banking group.
March 9, 2010 - Marketing data and research firm infoGROUP has agreed to be taken private by CCMP Capital Advisors.
March 5, 2010 - Affiliated Media Inc.'s reorganization plan has been approved by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.
March 5, 2010 - Bondholders of media giant Tribune Co. are suing the banks that arranged the companys leveraged buyout, claiming the banks knew the $8 billion in loans they arranged would make the company insolvent.
March 5, 2010 - Middle-market investment bank Lincoln International has hung another shingle, this time in Amsterdam. Eric Wijs, formerly a Lazard managing director, has joined Lincoln as head of the Amsterdam branch and chief of operations in the Benelux countries.
March 3, 2010 - Advent International, which already has offices scattered across 16 countries worldwide, opened a New York office, relocating managing director Tim Franks from London to oversee the new outpost.
March 1, 2010 - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Co., a book publisher founded in 1832, said it plans to restructure its balance sheet with $650 million from a group of backers that includes hedge fund investor John Paulson and Guggenheim Partners.
March 1, 2010 - Regent Communications Inc. said Monday that it has filed its pre-packaged bankruptcy petition with the U.S. bankruptcy court in Wilmington, Del. Oaktree Capital Management will acquire the Cincinnati radio broadcasting company out of bankruptcy.